i am also deeply honored to be on this distinguished panel with governor castro, paula chiquis. when i was asked to be on this panel i was thinking of my own life particularly coming to live in the united states. i've lived in this country for over 10 years, but every time i go somewhere and somebody ask me, where are you from, new york, they say no, really are you from? and i realize no matter what i do, perhaps my acceptance will never be completely granted as an american or as somebody who lives in this culture so i began to introduce myself as a sierra leonian which is where i'm from and when people ask me these days i tell them i'm a sierra leone with some american tendencies. so i began to introduce myself in this way and with this introduction, i think it gives people some sort of comfort to begin to have a discussion with me about other things. now, i didn't grow up here. i wasn't born here but i moved here in 1998 through some very difficult circumstances that happened in my own country. we had a civil war for 11 years and i was a young boy when the war started. but bef

good morning i am also deeply honored to be on this distinguished piano with raul castro, paula fass and chiquis barron. i started to think about my own life particularly coming to live in the united states. i have lived here over 10 years but every time i go somewhere and somebody asks me where are you from? i say new york. they say really. i realize no matter what i do w perhaps might acceptance will never be completely granted.ld n as an american or somebodyed a who lives in a culture so i began to introduce myself so a whenever people ask me i tell them i am from sierra leone with somero contingencies. [laughter] but this introduction i think gives people some sort of comfort to have a discussion with me about allha things. pride did not grow appear or was born here but i moved here 1998 through d'oeuvres -- typical circumstances. we have a civil war for 11 years i was a young boy when it started. but before that to, i had an encounter with the united states because costs the peace corps used to me verytron strong so one of the first americans ever encountered was the peace corpsers voluntee

chiqui, serÁ quÉ verdad que cortÓ, porque hace tres semanas que estaba con su pareja guapetona de nombre paulao, y a parte no sabemos si tambiÉn cobrarÁ por la exclusiva que anunciarÍa que va a ser papÁ. y esto es lo que se estÁ rumorando, que jaime y que heidi estÁn por ser papás. despuÉs de terminar en dos ocasiones, podrÍa ser que estarÍa embarazada ella, despuÉs de una relaciÓn de ya 7 aÑos y esta noticia les inunde de alegrÍa. >> si es cierto, mil felicidades, pero tambiÉn shakira anda muy felizo. >> estÁ feliz pero al principio cuando se presentÓ en la ciudad de mÉxico se debe haber llegado llevado un mal sabor de boca porque su concierto iniciÓ con retraso y la gente que la esperaba la abucheÓ en un principio y obviamente son fanÁticos de hueso colorado y entendieron el retraso y ella escribiÓ a sus seguidores, hizo un espectÁculo de primera calidad moviÉndose como se sabe mover, prendiendo a sus fanÁticos con todos los Éxitos. con estos seguidores que la esperaron. el cierto no estaba a las diez de la noche y muchos llegaron a las 4 de la tarde. >> bueno, esos fanÁticos fieles de shaki